This week TROUT Magazine editor Kirk Deeter is back to discuss the haul for trout anglers. Watch as Deeter discusses a technique which can be practiced while out on the water this summer."The trick is not to let your arms fly apart too far," says Deeter. "Rather it's like playing an accordion."... [ READ MORE... ]

If you fly fish these days, chances are you spend some time online, whether it be searching out the recipe for your next fly tying session, sleuthing out your next great fishing adventure or communicating with your fellow anglers on topics ranging from destinations to etiquette to fishing itself... [ READ MORE... ]

Earlier this year Trout Unlimited, Orvis, COSTA and the Fly Fishing Film Tour announced a new program designed to increase the representation of women in fly fishing film. We did this because while women are a fast growing demographic of new anglers – they weren’t often enough the subject of fly... [ READ MORE... ]

In this episode of TROUT Tips with TROUT Magazine editor Kirk Deeter we talk about the most common mistake that anglers make when they make a cast. The tailing loop.“The tailing loop is to fly anglers what the slice is to golfers,” says Deeter.Deeter discusses a simple trick to remedy this common... [ READ MORE... ]

Are you a pack rat by nature?
Guilty on all accounts. I've got fly line, extra spools and countless other material lying around my garage. Time to put it to good use.
This week Kirk Deeter, editor of TROUT Magazine, is back with a simple tip on what to do with some of that old fly line laying... [ READ MORE... ]

In the last episode of TROUT Tips TROUT Magazine editor Kirk Deeter discussed the possibility of spooking fish with fly line color. This time he’s back to talk about another cause of missed fish, the false cast. Anglers inadvertently turn to the false cast as a way to perfectly place their fly on... [ READ MORE... ]

by Chris Hunt
The infamous CuttyRainBrown is the unicorn of the fly fishing world. The coldwater sasquatch, as it were. America's Loch Ness Monster. The fishy chupacabra.
Rumors of the fish persist. Never has one been brought to hand. Sure, friends of friends who know a guy who saw a dude catch... [ READ MORE... ]

An angler finds a place to cast a line in the Brown's Canyon National Monument in Colorado. Joshua Duplechian/Trout Unlimited
By Brett Prettyman
People of the West place a high value on public lands according to a poll of Colorado and Nevada residents released by the Outdoor Industry Association... [ READ MORE... ]

Malisha Small of Longview, Wash., is the winner of TU's August TroutBlitz contest.
by Chris Hunt
Malisha Small of Longview, Wash., is the winner of the August TroutBlitz contest—she recorded five unique observations for TU's angler science initiative and will receive an assortment of... [ READ MORE... ]

Alex Puchalski with a nice Salmon River steelhead. Puchalski, 18, is the first winner of TU's monthly TroutBlitz contests that run through October.
By Chris Hunt
Alex Puchalski cut his angling teeth chasing bass, pickerel and panfish around his East Rutherford, N.J., home, and graduated to the... [ READ MORE... ]